ROTISSERIE: Strategy implications of a shortened season
Mar 24 2020
We are all still trying to process what COVID-19 means for our lives over the next who-knows-how-many weeks. With so many unknowns, we can’t worry endlessly about what might happen—it’s best to focus on what we know and deal with what we can. So far, we know that the MLB season will not begin earlier than May 9, so it’s highly unlikely they will be able to play 162 games. While we don’t know how much of the season will be lost, we can still consider the effects of a shortened season.
Just to put some numbers to this, let’s consider a season that begins on June 1 and lasts 110 games. That’s a third of the season lost. As an example, Mike Clevinger (RHP, CLE) should be back to 100% by that point (barring a setback or new injury), rather...
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